Software Architecture

Gain a basis for choosing a system that supports today’s operations and future business changes. Understand what each option means for maintenance, costs and dependencies. Give your team or supplier a clearer direction for the next stage of work.

You gain another perspective on a design or existing system.
You compare alternatives and their long-term implications.
We agree recommendations and next steps for your team.

Discuss working together How we can help

System architecture divided into connected parts.

Who it is for: Business leaders and IT teams
Terms: We’ll agree the scope and price for your brief.

Evidence for your decision.

A basis for your next decision

Depending on the agreed brief, you receive an architecture assessment, comparison of options or recommendations for next steps. We identify consequences and uncertainties so leadership and the technical team have a shared basis for decisions and for briefing the next stage of work.

Decisions that shape the years ahead.

Planning a new system, connecting applications or considering changes to an existing solution? With leadership and the technical team, we review your brief, current architecture and areas where another perspective would help.

How we can help

Assessing the design and current state

We review how the system fits the company's work, its limitations and what could complicate future changes.

System boundaries, data and integrations

We help clarify the responsibilities of individual parts, data ownership and connections between applications.

Options and their implications

We compare options in terms of operations, maintenance, dependencies and further development costs. We identify uncertainties and ways to test them.

Next steps for your team

We turn recommendations into concrete steps you can discuss with your developers or supplier.

Brief, estimates and billing

We agree the questions to assess, timing, estimates and rates. We bill for actual time worked; together, we adjust the next steps based on findings and budget.

How we manage estimates and budgets

Your involvement

With leadership and the technical team, we review the brief, current architecture and areas needing another perspective.

Our work

We assess the agreed questions, compare options and recommend next steps for developers or the supplier.

Questions before booking

Can we come with an existing system?

Yes. Consulting can address a new design, integrations or further development of an existing solution.

Is the result finished software?

The output is the agreed assessment, comparison of options or recommendations. Implementation is not automatically included in consulting.

Context and next steps

External resource

Explore ORIGAM technology

We design, develop and maintain ORIGAM over the long term. We know both how architecture is created and the consequences of decisions through subsequent changes. We bring that experience to consultations on your system.
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